The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free… — Joichi Ito Copy Share Image
The Fourteenth Amendment, after the civil war, in principle brought former slaves into the category of persons, theoretically. But if you actually… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When I speak to students, I tell them why we have a First Amendment. I tell them about the Committees of Correspondence.… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I love the protest signs protected by the First Amendment - some of them humorous, some of them passionate, some factual, some… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
The notion that the First Amendment has no limitations whatsoever is balderdash. — Trey Gowdy Copy Share Image
Laws protecting the United States flag do not cut away at the freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment... Congress made… — Larry Craig Copy Share Image
If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
It's our last chance [November 8, 2016]. And that includes Supreme Court justices and Second Amendment. Remember that. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The First Amendment was not intended to withdraw the Christian religion as a whole from the protection of Congress. — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the First Amendment. — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Voting rights expert and legal scholar Pam Karlan reports that as of 2004, there were more black men disenfranchised than in 1870,… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I believe in the American tradition of separation of church and state which is expressed in the First Amendment to the Constitution.… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
"But even if he has been wicked," pursued Rose, "think how young he is; think that he may never have known a… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I simply cannot stand by and watch a right guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States come under attack from those… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
The purpose of the University of Washington cannot be to produce black lawyers for blacks, Polish lawyers for Poles, Jewish lawyers for… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
I have four children, and I want them to grow up in a country that has a working First Amendment. — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment is not about duck hunting, and I know I'm not going to make very many friends saying this, but… — Suzanna Hupp Copy Share Image
There are more than 30 states, who either by statute or constitutional amendment, have defined marriage as being between a man and… — John Thune Copy Share Image
No one contends that the other Amendments that preserve rights of 'the people' -the First, Fourth, Ninth and Tenth-do not preserve individuals'… — Jed Babbin Copy Share Image
The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We don't have the freedom of speech to talk about the weather. We have the first amendment so we can say some… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I would not look with favor upon a President working to subvert the First Amendment's guarantees of religious liberty ... Neither do… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Let him never cease from prayer who has once begun it, be his life ever so wicked; for prayer is the way… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its… — Dick Thornburgh Copy Share Image